Albania-Greece border blocked by Athens due to technical defects

Greek border police have blocked the passage of Albanian citizens in Greece from yesterday evening. According to the Greek authorities, the computer system has technical problems and this is the cause of blocking the border.

Greek authorities informed the Albanian side that the computer system is blocked due to technical reasons not only on the border with Albania, but also with other states like Macedonia, Turkey and Bulgaria. For this reason, according to the Greek side, citizens who do not have a travel document of an EU country are unable to move to Greece until the system's defect correction.

On the Albanian side of the Kakavija Point are created long queues of citizens who have not previously been informed about the expected blockage. The Albanian border police said they had held uninterrupted contact with the Greek police, where toke as a response the fact that the Greek side is working to fix the system as soon as possible. Albanian border police called on citizens collapse at crossing points with Greece by creating long lines at the border..